Questions and teams/individuals who will be debating them and the side from which they will be debating.
Question
Pro
Con
1. Be it resolved that the drug problem as seen in North American societies is purely a crime issue and nothing more, and thus sterner penalties for importation, distribution, possession and use are needed to solve it.
Sam & Phil
Jessica & Jemin
2. Be it resolved that drug testing teachers is a violation of their right to privacy and is not necessary to ensure sound classroom instruction and child supervision.
Jay & Chris
Jen & Jennifer N.
3. Be it resolved that the legalization of marijuana is a sound approach which governments should follow to save money and valuable police time enforcing laws against this benign substance.
Sumin
Minae
4. Be it resolved that women that ingest any legal or illegal substances (teratogen) during a pregnancy should be detained by the state for the full length of their pregnancy so as to protect the health of the unborn child.
Jerin & Suzie
Euro & Andy
5. Be it resolved that drug education programs in US and Canadian schools are a failure in steering youth away from drug and alcohol use.
- Presentation of position (30 seconds)
- Pro
- Con
- Presentation of arguments supporting your position and/or against the other side (2 min. max).
- Pro
- Con
- 1 min. recess.
- Attacking questions that opposition must attempt to answer (minimum two questions/ maximum five questions)
- Pro
- Con
- 1 min. recess.
- Rebuttal and summation of arguments and position. Focus on reasons why you should be considered the winner of the debate (2 min. max.)
- Con
- Pro (always goes last).
- Rubric for Psychology Debates
Questions and teams/individuals who will be debating them and the side from which they will be debating.